A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Yoichi in Japan on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, 139.9083° East, 43.6497° North, depth 213.94 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 213.94 km (133 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us700034vr. Unique identifier: us700034vr. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/04/19 / 2019-04-12 08:57:51 / April 12, 2019 @ 8:57 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:57:51 / 5:57 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iwanai, Yoichi. Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Yoichi (c. 22 800 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Iwanai (c. 15 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 85 km NW of Yoichi, Japan.
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